Sixth Bulgarian Bifurcation and Complex Coronary Interventions Course
Sixth Bulgarian Bifurcation and Complex Coronary Interventions Course
20‐22 January 2017
Sofia, Tokuda Hospital
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee we are honored to invite you to the Sixth Bulgarian Bifurcation and Complex Coronary Interventions Course, which is going to be held on 20-22 January 2017 in Tokuda Hospital Sofia.
The program will make an update on the most advanced issues of bifurcations and complex coronary interventions as: left main, innovations in CTO, controversies in interventions in patients with diabetes, perforation management, etc.
The invited faculty comprises of eminent experts in the field coming from Bulgaria and abroad.
The Course will present interesting live-cases with discussions.
For the coming edition we are eager to design an efficient practical Course featuring also a hands-on session for young interventional cardiologists who will be able to perform live-cases under supervision of foreign experts. Recorded best-case sessions for fellows will also be included in the program.
Participation in the hands-on sessions will be possible for fellows or licensed cardiologists whose licenses have been acquired not more than two years ago counted back from 20 January 2017. Participants willing to attend the hands-on sessions should send a scanned copy of a letter of recommendation given by their head of the cath lab, medical diploma copy, license copy if applicable. Submission of applications will be possible till 2 December 2016, at the e-mail address of the event management company. As places for the hands-on sessions are limited, applicants with valid documents will be listed on a first come first served basis.
Recorded best case sessions for fellows will be a new element of the course program. Best case will be nominated by the foreign faculty.
Cases should consist of a short pdf presentation in English and a movie in Quicktime H.264 format and resolution 720 p or 1080 p. Materials should be sent via WeTransfer, prior to 2 December 2016, to the e-mail address of the event management company. The file should be compressed if its size exceeds 2 gigabytes.
Around 120 participants are expected to attend the course. The course will be held in English.
No registration fees will be applicable.
For further information please contact our partner:
Congress Management and Events (CME) Ltd., www.cmebg.com
Contact person: Mrs. Denitza Yonkova
Tel: + 359 896 700 952 E-mail: [email protected]
We look forward to meeting you in Sofia!
Sincerely yours,
Yves Louvard MD
Honorable Course Director
Robert J. Gil MD, PhD
International Course Director
Dobrin Vassilev MD, PhD
Course Co-Director
Vassil Velchev MD, PhD
Course Co-Director
Valery Gelev MD, PhD
Course Co-Director
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PROGRAM
Friday, 20 January 2017
13:00 Registration
/floor 9/
14:00 – 15:30 Session I – Hands-on session for young interventional cardiologists
/Study hall, G. Stankovic
floor 2/ /Only approved in advance applicants will be eligible to join hands-on activities. Sessions will be transmitted live in the Study hall. Please, consider the limited capacity of the Study hall – up to 20 persons./
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 17:00 Session II – Hands-on session for young interventional cardiologists
/Study hall, Y. Louvard, G. Stankovic
floor 2/ /Only approved in advance applicants will be eligible to join hands-on activities. Sessions will be transmitted live in the Study hall. Please, consider the limited capacity of the Study hall – up to 20 persons./
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
/floor 9/
17:15 – 18:15 Session III – Recorded cases of young interventional cardiologists I
/Auditorium, – presentations
floor 9/ Moderators: Y. Louvard, G. Heyndrickx, M. Pan
Panelists: D. Trendafilova, F. Fouladvand, K. Karamfilov
17:15 – 17:30 Case 1 – Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia
17:30 – 17:35 Discussion
17:35 – 17:50 Case 2 – University Hospital Pulmed – Plovdiv
Acute Anterior STEMI concurrent with Acute Brain Stem Stroke
V. Simitchieva
17:50 – 17:55 Discussion
17:55 – 18:10 Case 3 – Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital, Sofia
18:10 – 18:15 Discussion
Saturday, 21 January 2017 Auditorium, floor 9
8:00 – 8:15 Opening ceremony
8:15 – 9:15 Session IV: Bifurcations – What’s new?
Moderators: G. Stankovic, Y. Louvard
Panelists: D. Hazarbasanov, I. Petrov
8:15 – 8:35 Summary of the studies of the last year
R. Gil
8:35 – 8:55 Update and technical approaches for coronary bifurcation stenting
G. Stankovic
8:55 – 9:15 Bifurcation that will never be included in neither study
Y. Louvard
9:15 – 10:30 Live case session I
Moderators: S. Mot, R. Gil
Panelists: D. Trendafilova, P. Gatzov, I. Jeleva
Operators:
Case 1:
Case 2:
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
10:45 – 11:45 Symposium of Gold Sponsor – Balton
BiOSS Lim C and ALEX Plus stents (Balton Company, Warsaw PL) – further steps towards the optimization of coronary stenosis treatment
Chairmen: D. Vassilev, R. Gil
Panelists:
10:45 – 10:48 Welcome to BALTON symposium
R. Gil
10:48 – 11:03 Assessment of vascular response of BiOSS LIM C® stent vs Orsiro® stent in the porcine coronary artery model
D. Vassilev
11:03 – 11:18 First-in-Men for a Thin-Strut, Chromium-Cobalt Version of the Dedicated Bifurcation Stent BiOSS® Lim: 3 month results for ongoing Registry
R. Gil
11:18 – 11:33 Sirolimus-eluting stent ALEX Plus® with a biodegradable polymer in the all-comers population: one year clinical results with quantitative coronary angiography and optical coherence tomography analysis
R. Gil
11:33 – 11:43 Presentation of clinical cases
R. Gil
11:43 – 11:45 Take home message
D. Vassilev
11:45 – 12:15 Symposium of Silver Sponsor – Biotronik
Proven last generation products combined with upcoming future – Magmaris
D. Vassilev, V. Gelev, I. Jeleva
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Symposium of Silver Sponsor – Bracco
ACIST Symposium – Microcathether based FFR
D. Vassilev
14:00 – 15:00 Session V: Left Main
Moderators: J. Jorgova, I. Ungi, J. Rigatelli
Panelists: S. Kedev, G. Tonev, V. Stoyanov
14:00 – 14:20 Treatment strategies of Left Main
S. Kedev
14:20 – 14:40 The role of the intravascular imaging in the Left Main treatment
M. Pan
14:40 – 15:00 Left Main PCI in the context of randomized trial /Excel & Noble registries/
M. Ferenc
15:00 – 16:30 Live case session II
Moderators: I. Ungi, Y. Louvard
Panelists: I. Manoukov, N. Konstantinidis
Operators:
Case 3:
Case 4:
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
16:45 – 18:00 Session VI: CTO News
Moderators: G. Sianos, V. Gelev
Panelists: Y. Louvard, S. Kedev
16:45 – 17:05 Retrograde approach – modern trends in CTO recanalization and the role of retrograde approach
G. Sianos
17:05 – 17:25 Antegrade approach for CTO recanalization
I. Ungi
17:25 – 17:45 Rationale for CTO recanalization
N. Konstantinidis
17:45 – 18:00 Presentation by Terumo
The role of double-lumen micro-catheters in a CTO recanalization
G. Sianos
18:00 – 19:30 Live case session III
Moderator: Y. Louvard
Panelists: I. Ungi, S. Kedev
Operators: G. Sianos, V. Gelev
Case 5
Sunday, 22 January 2017
Auditorium, floor 9
9:00 – 10:00 Session VII: Complications
Moderators: G. Sianos, I. Ungi
Panelists: M. Pan, J. Rigatelli, G. Mazhdrakov
9:00 – 9:20 Coronary perforation – incidence, mechanism, outcome
G. Heyndrickx
9:20 – 9:40 Management and new devices
J. Rigatelli
9:40 – 10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Symposium of SMT – Silver Sponsor
TALENT RCT in Bulgaria and Supraflex in UK
Chairperson: D. Vassilev
Panelists: H. Mateev, D. Hazarbasanov
Talent RCT in Bulgaria,
G. Tonev, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Supraflex in UK
A. Choudhury, University hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee-break and a visit to the exhibition
10:45 – 11:15 Symposium of Silver Sponsor – Quantum & Meril
Clinical Kaleidoscope of Novel Interventional Technologies
Moderator: S. Kedev
Expert panel: D. Vassilev, V. Gelev, H. Mateev
10:45 – 10:55 BioMime Novel DES and clinical update and future technologies
G. Mazhdrakov
10:55 – 11:05 My experience with BioMime Morph – word’s 1st tapered coronary SES
I. Ungi
11:05 – 11:15 Substance to Sublime – MeRes 100 clinical update and cases
S. Kedev
11:15 – 12:15 Session VIII: Revascularization strategies in patients with diabetes
Educational grant by:
Moderators: S. Kedev, Y. Louvard, R. Gil
Panelists: M. Konteva, R. Kasabov
11:15 – 11:45 PCI in Diabetics – Pros
R. Gil
11:45 – 12:15 PCI in Diabetics – Cons
I. Sheiban
12:15 – 13:15 Session IX – Recorded cases of young interventional cardiologists II – presentations
Educational grant by:
Moderator: Y. Louvard
Panelists: D. Trendafilova, F. Fouladvand, K. Karamfilov
12:15 – 12:30 Case 4 – University Clinic for Cardiology Skopje
12:30 – 12:35 Discussion
12:35 – 12:50 Case 5 – City Clinic Burgas
12:50 – 12:55 Discussion
12:55 – 13:10 Case 6 – University Hospital St. Anna, Sofia
13:10 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 13:30 Best case award and closing remarks